David Axelrod, chief strategist for Barack Obama’s two presidential campaigns, took to Twitter to criticize Hillary Clinton after her abrupt departure from a 9/11 memorial service on Sunday.
Antibiotics can take care of pneumonia. What's the cure for an unhealthy penchant for privacy that repeatedly creates unnecessary problems?
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) September 12, 2016
The press was left in the dark for hours by Clinton’s campaign team on the situation, the Hill reported.
Video showed Clinton leaving a 9/11 memorial service on Sunday after fainting and being helped into a waiting van. Clinton was then driven to her daughter Chelsea Clinton’s apartment, where she appeared hours later and acted as if nothing had happened.
Lisa Bardack, Clinton’s doctor, released a statement saying that the presidential candidate had been suffering from pneumonia since Friday.
Clinton has tried recently to turn over a new leaf with her traveling press corp by often gaggling with them.
Clinton’s communications director Jennifer Palmieri responded to Axelrod in a series of tweets admitting that the campaign could have done better to let the press know what was going on.
We could have done better yesterday, but it is a fact that public knows more about HRC than any nominee in history. https://t.co/Q50oHK85wQ
— Jennifer Palmieri (@jmpalmieri) September 12, 2016
Palmieri also hit Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for his lack of transparency.
In contrast to HRC, Trump has been less transparent than any nominee in modern history. https://t.co/Q50oHK85wQ
— Jennifer Palmieri (@jmpalmieri) September 12, 2016